Inexpensive Source for Butt Hinges?

[chopnhack]

Does anyone know of cheap but decent quality utility grade narrow butt hinges?
I saw the current Wood magazine shop project and thought, ALL RIGHT! There's an awesome project, collapsible sawhorses made with 1x! Should be pretty cheap right.....?
Well, the fine print says rough cost is about $60 per horse!!
I am thinking of ways to reduce the cost and figured since 8 hinges are required per horse, that may be a place to start. If I had a bandsaw I would consider resawing 2x....however, 2x can do a funky dance after being ripped.
Any other suggestions to get the cost down?

[cabinetman]

See if you can find something on this page. WW Hardware has good prices on slides, and they may also have deals on butt hinges.

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[chopnhack]

I didn't see any there, but thanks. I had also thought of using the piano hinge and just cut it up and redrill the holes, but I thought that the time/tooling invested might not be worth while. Still brainstorming!

[cabinetman]

Try here.

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[thetimbo]

We use http://www.dlawlesshardware.com. Decent quality, quick, and cheap.

[chopnhack]

Thanks Timbo, I saw that last night but was put off by the shipping since I need so few. I may have to pickup the continuous hinge locally and machine it to get to a low price point. Then again, my order with d.Lawless would be $18.97 for the 16 hinges and enough screws to mount them, so.....

[wardprobst]

If you cut the continuous hinge, you'll need to figure out a way to trap the pin, it will wander otherwise.
DAMHIK,
DP

[chopnhack]

LOL... I thought some of the continuous hinges were made so that you could cut them anywhere... this information makes it less likely to use this method. If i cut the hinge leaf long, take the leaf off and trim it shorter leaving more of the pin exposed, I could peen it over, but that would make it much more work than its worth.

[cabinetman]

LOL... I thought some of the continuous hinges were made so that you could cut them anywhere... this information makes it less likely to use this method. If i cut the hinge leaf long, take the leaf off and trim it shorter leaving more of the pin exposed, I could peen it over, but that would make it much more work than its worth.

You could ruin the pin trying to peen the end. I've cut them wherever the cut falls,i.e., the middle of a leaf, and the pin doesn't drift.
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